Sleepys Most Wanted (Roosevelt Dimes)

[Sleepy Holow]

Sleepy's Most Wanted (Roosevelt Dimes)

After having searched through $7,110 worth of dimes, I figured I'd get a Whitman Coin book (1946-1964 Dimes). I'm going to make it my goal to fill it by the end of the year! To the right is my "Most Wanted" List to help keep track of my progress. I want all of my finds to be from CRHing, so I won't be purchasing any of them. Here goes nothing!

1)1955 2)1949-S 3)1955-D 4)1955-S 5)1950-S 6)1954-S 7)1949-D 8)1946-S 9)1949 10)1951-S 11)1958 12)1947-S

13)1948-S 14)1953-S 15)1952-S 16)1950-D 17)1947-D 18)1950 19)1948-D 20)1953 21)1951-D 22)1946-D 23)1960 24)1962

25)1948 26)1959 27)1961 28)1952 29)1951 30)1954-D 31)1956-D 32)1956 33)1957-D 34)1954 35)1947 36)1952-D

37)1963 38)1953-D 39)1958-D 40)1957 41)1959-D 42)1960-D 43)1961-D 44)1946 45)1962-D 46)1963-D 47)1964 48)1964-D gray = found black = Wanted

 

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[Sleepy Holow]

Tuesday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: skunk
Box 5: skunk
Box 6: skunk
Box 7: skunk
Box 8: 1964
Box 9: 1961
$220 MWR: skunk
$65 CWR: skunk

Coin Counter: $0.70, C$0.65

The skunks are still very much alive on my Tuesday route. Two FDRs today and neither had a mint mark. Although, two FDRs is better than the zero I got last Tuesday, so there's the silver lining.

 

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[Sleepy Holow]

Wednesday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: skunk //Hit $250K in All-Time Dime Volume
Box 5: skunk

Coin Counter: $0.53, C$0.65 (including a 2008 25 Cents Freestyle Skiing), 5 Euro Cent (ESP)

I have now CRH'd (or coin countered ) 7 of the 12 "Quarters" in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Canadian set. Kinda cool that I haven't found a duplicate yet.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Thursday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: 1963D
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: skunk
$30 MWR: skunk
$100 CWR: 1964D

Halves
$140 CWR: skunk //3x NIFC

Coin Counter: $0.36, C$0.50

Probably the most notable coin was a 1978 FDR with the imprint of a Lincoln Memorial cent reverse. Thought it was cool...


1978 FDR Obverse with Lincoln Memorial Cent Reverse Imprint

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Apparently the 1978 above is loosely referred to as a Vice Coin, as in, someone put multiple coins in a vice...perhaps trying to create an "error" coin. I'll still hold onto it. Maybe I'll post my "freak show" coins sometime.

Friday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: skunk //1983S
$35 MWR: skunk
$715 CWR: 1946 KGVI 50% Ag 6 Pence (UK) , 1959D, 1964D //4x CAN, 2014 5 Pence (UK)

Made a concerted effort to target CWRs today, since my dime boxes decided to jump on the struggle bus a couple weeks ago. We DID have a nice surprise in one of those CWRs...had a hard time getting a coin out that seemed a little too wide to be in a dime roll, like 19mm vs 17.9mm. I thought it was probably just another penny and in a way I was right since the British plural of penny is not pennies - it's pence, as in a 1946 6 pence! This is my 4th country for foreign silver CRHd (previously Dominican Republic, Canada, and Australia). Pics below:


1946 6 Pence & 1983S FDR Clad Proof,
Obverse and Reverse

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Sleepy's Most Wanted List

Week Results Dimes $6165 (24.66 boxes) - 6 FDRs Notable: 1946 50% Ag 6 Pence (UK) Total Ag: 0.480 oz To say that this week's FDR numbers were disappointing would be an understatement. Here's a look at the disturbing trend we've been seeing through the first full five weeks of 2020: As you can tell, I've been pushing a blistering volume that is currently on pace for over $317K searched in 2020! However, the finds have steadily dropped off to the single digits. Why? Could it be the Christmas gift theory? People bring in a lot of rolled change at the end of the year to buy gifts...maybe. I know one guy told me they dump the red kettle money in the system immediately. That's gotta be a lot of new coin right there. Whatever the reason, we seem to have found ourselves in a CRHing desert, with no signs of an oasis. Let's be clear though, "find quantity" doesn't matter as long as we find the ones we're looking for...BUT the more silver FDRs we pull, the better chance we have of getting those final two Most Wanted dimes. It's really two sides of the same coin... HH, PROGRESS TO NEXT FIND: 42 of 242 Projected LAST MOST WANTED FIND: 1951S (15 Jan 2020)

Category 1 1)1949-S 2)1955 3)1955-D 4)1950-S 5)1955-S 6)1946-S 7)1949-D 8)1954-S 9)1949 10)1947-S 11)1951-S 12)1948-S ---------------

Category 2 13)1958 14)1953-S 15)1947-D 16)1950-D 17)1952-S 18)1948-D 19)1950 20)1946-D 21)1951-D 22)1953 23)1948 24)1960 ---------------

Category 3 25)1962 26)1952 27)1951 28)1959 29)1947 30)1954-D 31)1961 32)1954 33)1956-D 34)1956 35)1952-D 36)1957-D ---------------

Category 4 37)1953-D 38)1958-D 39)1963 40)1957 41)1959-D 42)1946 43)1960-D 44)1961-D 45)1962-D 46)1963-D 47)1964 48)1964-D --------------- gray = found black = WANTED

 

[Dozer D]

Sleepy: I like your spreadsheet layout, but where on it is your cumulative grand total of the columns, first or last. Will this be a 52-spread?

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Sleepy: I like your spreadsheet layout, but where on it is your cumulative grand total of the columns, first or last. Will this be a 52-spread?

Yes, the totals for each row are off to the far right. And yes, I allocate one column per week. I suppose you could do it monthly, but it's really just personal preference. For example, in the dimes row I just use the statement "=sum(B4:O4)", which adds up all my weekly volumes to produce the grand total you referenced. I have 2020 only going out to O4 right now (the week of 30 March - 3 April) because that is the week I have to transfer duty stations. Everything will get put on hold after that date. My overall workbook has 5 tabs at the bottom: All-Time, 2013, 2014_2018, 2019, and 2020. I CRH'd for 11 months in 2013, not a whole lot worth mentioning from 2014-2018, 6 months in 2019, and the 1 month+ in 2020 so far. My "All-Time" spreadsheet basically adds up the annual totals from each of the annual spreadsheets I just mentioned, once again using the sum function.

Speaking of grand totals, I was looking back in the forum last night and noticed you had a couple dime dream boxes a few years ago. Was it 98 and 71, I believe? I remember thinking when I got five boxes within a two week period ranging from 17-26 dimes each, "people are going to think I'm making this stuff up"! I literally can't even imagine boxes like the ones you found. I'm curious as to what your all-time CRHing numbers are then...what are your CRHing grand totals?

 

[Dozer D]

Sleepy: the 98 (65 mercs, 33 Rosies) is right, and the 71. But I don't have off hand my cum grand total numbers, as a matter of fact I may have lost my little tablet showing them. But I do know that I was nicely fitting in Rx bottles a total of 150 Rosies in each, and I'm up to bottle 32 ( so 150 x 32 ), and I believe about 4 bottles ? of mercs.
U da man when it comes to record keeping.
And YES, I still dream about that 98 dime DREAM BOX, was checking it late into the night, couldn't believe what I was seeing. Some old pics attached to relive my dream:


And pic of the 71:

YES, those really did happen back in 2017.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

And YES, I still dream about that 98 dime DREAM BOX, was checking it late into the night, couldn't believe what I was seeing. Some old pics attached to relive my dream:

WOW! Just incredible...some good dates in there, too. Looks like about six "Category 1" FDRs (to include a '55D!), and several pre-40 mercs. Too bad that 1920's merc is unreadable.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Tuesday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: 1948
Box 3: 1947 //1985 25 Baisa (OMN)
Box 4: 1946 //2008 Decimo (PAN), 5 Bani (ROM)
Box 5: skunk
Box 6: skunk //1969S, 1x CAN
Box 7: 1952 //1x CAN
$265 MWR: 1946, 1964D
$425 CWR: 1964D //1x CAN

Teller Tray: 1956 FDR

We had our most productive Tuesday in a month with 8 total FDRs. Hopefully that sets the tempo for the rest of the week. Also, I got my 3rd all-time teller tray find today. I know that term "teller tray" is kinda vague when people report it. Some consider it the teller giving you $3 in halves from their tray and at least one turns out to be silver. I report that as "$3 loose" because I specifically asked for halves. I consider a "teller tray" find when you're there for a specific transaction, you casually glance/examine the teller tray and notice what can only be a the glow of a silver coin. Then, you get that coin through whatever means you feel comfortable (i.e Can i get that one coin there, can i get $3 in quarters, etc.) My previous teller tray finds were a silver Georgia quarter and a '64 JFK. After I pulled today's teller tray find, i spent the next several minutes day dreaming about what it would have been like for that coin to be either the '55D or '54S. Next time...

 

[CJ9]

Tuesday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: 1948
Box 3: 1947 //1985 25 Baisa (OMN)
Box 4: 1946 //2008 Decimo (PAN), 5 Bani (ROM)
Box 5: skunk
Box 6: skunk //1969S, 1x CAN
Box 7: 1952 //1x CAN
$265 MWR: 1946, 1964D
$425 CWR: 1964D //1x CAN

Teller Tray: 1956 FDR

We had our most productive Tuesday in a month with 8 total FDRs. Hopefully that sets the tempo for the rest of the week. Also, I got my 3rd all-time teller tray find today. I know that term "teller tray" is kinda vague when people report it. Some consider it the teller giving you $3 in halves from their tray and at least one turns out to be silver. I report that as "$3 loose" because I specifically asked for halves. I consider a "teller tray" find when you're there for a specific transaction, you casually glance/examine the teller tray and notice what can only be a the glow of a silver coin. Then, you get that coin through whatever means you feel comfortable (i.e Can i get that one coin there, can i get $3 in quarters, etc.) My previous teller tray finds were a silver Georgia quarter and a '64 JFK. After I pulled today's teller tray find, i spent the next several minutes day dreaming about what it would have been like for that coin to be either the '55D or '54S. Next time...

Interesting...I consider a teller tray find anything I get loose handed to me from a teller. More often than not, I can't see what is in the tray. That being said, there have been times where I have seen a silver quarter or dime in the tray and specifically asked for that coin. I usually say that I collect coins and that one is an older one and ask if I can have it. I have been fooled sometimes and come up with a canadian dime or quarter

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Wednesday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: 1941D MERC //1x CAN
Box 4: 1941 MERC, 1946, 1949D, 1961D //1990 5 Pence (UK)
Box 5: skunk //2018 East Caribbean 10 Cents

Coin Counter: 1943D Steel Cent (NEW FIND!), $0.01, C$0.25, 1972D 2 Pfennig (GER), 1990 50 Centimos (VEN), 2007D 2 Euro Cent (GER)

It's days like today that remind you why you love CRHing. Truly an up and down day. First, we started off with a huge find at the coin counter today: the 1943D. Found 11 1943's and 2 unknowns, so it's almost like "finally a mint mark!". You want to celebrate and talk to the tellers about your big find, but it's your dump bank, so you just dump and move on. Nice spread of foreigns as well, to include my first Venezuelan coin. Then I went through the first 2.5 boxes with nothing to show before a dramatic turn around back-to-back merc boxes! I held off on checking the mm on the mercs till the end. Needed the '41S still, but turns out we got everything but. With us pulling another '49D today (the 2nd toughest Denver in the set), the '55D has to know we're hot on his trail. The search continues...


1943D, Steel Cent, Obverse

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Interesting...I consider a teller tray find anything I get loose handed to me from a teller.

Yeah, not right or wrong, just personal preference on reporting.

I have been fooled sometimes and come up with a canadian dime or quarter

I've definitely done that more than once. I was like...ah, just kidding. I've recently switched to saying, "oh cool, a Canadian! Are you guys allowed to give those out?" just to smooth it over a little better. A lot of tellers seem to think we as coin collectors love Canadian coins, so it makes sense to play to that. Also, makes you look like less of a "hey lady, gimme all your silver" kinda guy.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Thursday
Dimes
Box 1: 1967 80% Ag (CAN) //2.35g, 1x CAN
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: 1964 //1995 5 Pence (UK)
Box 4: 1948
$50 MWR: skunk
$60 CWR: skunk

Quarters
$50 MWR: skunk

Coin Counter: $0.25, C$0.20

Always cool to find a "Mackerel Dime". Still at 10 of 17 in the Queen Elizabeth II silver set.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Friday
Dimes
Box 1: 1901 Barber! //18.86M minted
Box 2: 1958D
$295 MWR: skunk //2001S, 1x CAN
$465 CWR: 1947, 1952S, 1953D, 1960D, 1962, 1964D //4x CAN

Coin Counter: $0.12, C$0.25, 1996 1 Peso (MEX)

WHOA-HO-HO my friends! Pulled my oldest dime ever today: the 1901 Barber Dime! It MIGHT grade AG3. With now 3 unique barbers found in the past 3.5 months, it looks like we're working our way to collecting the entire set! Immy laid down the challenge after the first Barber Dime find on 29 October...

That's a stellar find right there, and only 74 more Barbers to go!

1901 Barber Dime, Obverse and Reverse

 

[ShinyPackRat]

Now there's a nice piece of treasure, congrats Sleepy!

A lot of tellers seem to think we as coin collectors love Canadian coins

I must be the odd one around here, I actually like finding Canadians for the most part. I mean sure, I'd rather take a silver or wheatie, but they're still a bit better than "2017D penny #77,000". Besides, gotta finish the Canadian sets too.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Besides, gotta finish the Canadian sets too.

I've considered getting a Canadian dime album. I'm sure I'm close to having all of the modern set.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Sleepy's Most Wanted List

Week Results Dimes $6060 (24.24 boxes) - 19 FDRs, 2 Mercs, and 1 Barber (NEW!) Notable: 1943D Steel Cent, 1967 10 Cents 80% Ag (CAN), 1956 FDR Teller Tray find Total Ag: 1.724 oz A barber, 2 mercs, the second rarest Denver minted FDR, AND an 'S' minted FDR. Definitely a great week! Hopefully more to come... HH, PROGRESS TO NEXT FIND: 62 of 238 Projected LAST MOST WANTED FIND: 1951S (15 Jan 2020)

Category 1 1)1949-S 2)1955 3)1955-D 4)1950-S 5)1955-S 6)1946-S 7)1949-D 8)1954-S 9)1949 10)1947-S 11)1951-S 12)1948-S ---------------

Category 2 13)1958 14)1953-S 15)1947-D 16)1950-D 17)1952-S 18)1948-D 19)1950 20)1946-D 21)1951-D 22)1953 23)1948 24)1960 ---------------

Category 3 25)1962 26)1952 27)1951 28)1959 29)1947 30)1954-D 31)1961 32)1954 33)1956-D 34)1956 35)1952-D 36)1957-D ---------------

Category 4 37)1953-D 38)1958-D 39)1963 40)1957 41)1959-D 42)1946 43)1960-D 44)1961-D 45)1962-D 46)1963-D 47)1964 48)1964-D --------------- gray = found black = WANTED

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Tuesday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk //1926 50 centimes (FRA)
Box 2: 1964D
Box 3: 1954, 1962D, 1964D //1944 10 Santeem (ETH), 1x CAN
Box 4: 1950, 1964D //2015 5 Pence (UK)
Box 5: 1962 80% Ag (CAN) //NEW!!, 1x CAN
Box 6: 1953S, 1960
Box 7: skunk //2x CAN

Coin Counter: $0.15

Tuesday boxes are starting to heat up! With today's 1962 silver QEII, that puts me at 11 of 17 in that set. Man, was about to open a roll and realized I was staring at a reverse 'S' mint FDR ender. That'll get your heart going. Thought it could be the '54S, but it ended up being the '53S...Also, the 1926 50 Centimes coin is pretty cool as well.


'S' mint FDR Ender


1926 50 Centimes (FRA), Obverse and Reverse

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Wednesday
Dimes
Box 1: 1964D
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: 1950 //1x CAN
Box 4: 1959, 1961D, 1963
$180 MWR: skunk
$70 CWR: skunk

Coin Counter: C$0.30, 2002 20 Korun (CZE)

All you can really ask for is an average of 1 dime per $250...